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¨,«*%£§¶## placement   in   the  galaxy,   and  our ##¶§£%*«,¨
¨,«*%£§¶## galaxys  placement in the local cluster, ##¶§£%*«,¨
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¨,«*%£§¶## velocity and  the suns moving around the ##¶§£%*«,¨
¨,«*%£§¶## center  of  the galaxy  at  velocity and ##¶§£%*«,¨
¨,«*%£§¶## the  galaxy  is moving  toward andromeda ##¶§£%*«,¨
¨,«*%£§¶##   and we're both moving anticlockwise    ##¶§£%*«,¨
¨,«*%£§¶## around the  galaxy. and we as  a species ##¶§£%*«,¨
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¨,«*%£§§¶# the  universe say it's because  you need #¶§§£%*«,¨
¨,«*%£§¶## a  class  one-or-the-other star and  the ##¶§£%*«,¨
¨¨¨¨,««*£§ planet  needs  to  be  at  a  see-and-so §£*««,¨¨¨¨
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,«*%£§¶###      definition of life really lax?      ###¶§£%*«,
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¨,«*%£§¶## idea what  we're  doing (and it probably ##¶§£%*«,¨
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